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brad_C

brad_C

brad_C

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Hi,

Hopefully someone can help me, I just finished building a computer and im getting no output at all. Tested it through the motherboard hdmi and VGA also the graphics output but still nothing. The fans are working on the case, graphics and CPU... Have i ruined something on my board?

Worried now :/

Got a intel i5 3570k and amd HD 7870.

Thanks in advanced.
 
Full specs please dude?

Quick things to check,

• Both 24pin and 8pin ATX power are connected to the board.
• If you have an onboard GFX solution then remove the card and connect the monitor directly to the board.
• The GFX card needs two 6pin PCI-E power cables from the PSU to run.
• You are connecting the monitor to the GFX card?
 
cleared cmos?

what board are you using? try unplugging the graphic card,connect monitor to onboard graphics at the back,hdmi/dvi/vga ect and bootup into bios,set first initial display as peg or pci-e save/exit install graphic card connect monitor to it and it should display then
 
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Specs are,

intel i5 3570k
Gigabyte Z77-D3H S1155
16GB Vengeance 1600mhz
Gigabyte ATI Radeon 7870 2GB
Corsair CX 600W
Solid state 120gb Kingston
1TB hhd
 
brad_C said:
Specs are,

intel i5 3570k
Gigabyte Z77-D3H S1155
16GB Vengeance 1600mhz
Gigabyte ATI Radeon 7870 2GB
Corsair CX 600W
Solid state 120gb Kingston
1TB hhd
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So yeah, the board requires an 8pin ATX plugged into it near the CPU.

The GFX card needs two 6pin PCI-E plugged into it.

You can remove the GFX card completely and connect directly to the board to see if you get a display.
 
Oh,

Update the boards BIOS.

Use a USB thumbdrive and enter the BIOS and select Qflash, then follow the simple instructions.

There has been a number of 7850's and this same motherboard not loving each other on these forums, but a quick BIOS update has had them working.

I know its a different card but you never know.
 
only problem is that on the board, it only has a 4pin atx near the CPU

we've used both 6pins in the GFX, but im going to remove it now and test it
 
Then the PSU 8pin connector splits in half and gives you two 4pin ATX connectors? only one of these will fit into the four shaped holes that make up the actual socket.
 
I took the graphics card out and it worked! installed the driver and put the card back in. Now it still wont output anything out.... Is that a sign of card could be damaged?
 
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I took the graphics card out and it worked! installed the driver and put the card back in. Now it still wont output anything out.... Is that a sign of card could be damaged?
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You need to take graphic card out boot from onboard/mb graphics set first initial display as peg or pcie in the BIOS,save exit and install graphic card plug monitor cable into it and it should display

Press delete at start up to access BIOS
 
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I took the graphics card out and it worked! installed the driver and put the card back in. Now it still wont output anything out.... Is that a sign of card could be damaged?
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Its a sign that you may need to update the BIOS as mentioned earlier.

You haven't said yet whether you have plugged both 6pin PCI-E cables into the card.
 
Get the latest BIOS here - http://uk.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=4140#bios - F18 is the latest official and F19g is a beta.

Download the file and then extract the zipped folder, you just want the file thats around 8MB in size and labeled the same as the BIOS you downloaded.

Place this on a USB thumbdrive.

Enter the BIOS (without the GFX card) and then click on Qflash, follow the simple instructions which ask you to point at the file on the USBdrive and then flashes away, it will power off and restart the PC, load optimized defaults after it restarts then power off again and see if the GFX card now works when fitted.
 
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